Difference between revisions of "Gnatman"

Gnatman
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Premiere date	September 24, 1966
Starring	Paul Frees; John Stephenson
Music composed by	Ted Nichols
Writer(s)	Tony Benedict; Dalton Sandifer
Director(s)	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
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Revision as of 08:55, 25 June 2022

For the character himself, see Gnatman (character).

"Gnatman" is the third episode of Squiddly Diddly season two, and the twenty-third overall, which came as a segment of The Secret Squirrel Show. It aired on September 24, 1966 on NBC. It was written by Tony Benedict and Dalton Sandifer, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Squiddly dresses up as his favorite superhero, Gnatman, to fight crime, but only causes more harm than good.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Chief Winchley	John Stephenson
Announcer	Unavailable
Squiddly Diddly	Paul Frees
Gnatman	Unavailable
Evil doer	Unavailable
Mailman	Unavailable
Detective	Unavailable
Lawbreaker	Unavailable
Bank president	Unavailable
Cop	Unavailable
Kid	Unavailable
Mother	Unavailable
Sergeant

Organizations

Blinks Armored Cars

Locations

Bubbleland
Bank
Jewelry store

Objects

Gnatman costume

Vehicles

Armored car

Production

Development

Filming

Music

0:00 - Main title theme (Ted Nichols)

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: September 24, 1966 on NBC

Behind the scenes

Errors

Home availability

In the United States:
- November 3, 2015: Warner Archive Collection releases The Secret Squirrel Show: The Complete Series on DVD.

References

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-:''For the character, see [[Gnatman]].''
+:''For the character himself, see [[Gnatman (character)]].''
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+'''"Gnatman"''' is the third episode of ''[[Squiddly Diddly (segments)|Squiddly Diddly]]'' season two, and the twenty-third overall, which came as a segment of ''[[The Secret Squirrel Show]]''. It aired on [[September 24]], [[1966]] on [[NBC]]. It was written by [[Tony Benedict]] and [[Dalton Sandifer]], and produced and directed by [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]], the founders of [[Hanna-Barbera]].
 Squiddly dresses up as his favorite superhero, Gnatman, to fight crime, but only causes more harm than good.
 ==Detailed summary==
 ==Memorable quotes==
 ==Characters==
-In order of appearance:
+{{CastTop}}
+|-
-''Mentioned and non-speaking characters are in italics''
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Chief Winchley]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[John Stephenson]]
-* [[Chief Winchley]] ([[John Stephenson]])
+|-
-* Announcer
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Announcer
-* [[Squiddly Diddly]] ([[Paul Frees]])
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
-* [[Gnatman]]
+|-
-* Evil doer
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Squiddly Diddly]]
-* Mailman
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Paul Frees]]
-* ''Detective''
+|-
-* Lawbreaker
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Gnatman (character)|Gnatman]]
-* Bank president
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
-* Cop
+|-
-* Kid
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Evil doer
-* Mother
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
-* ''Sergeant''
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mailman
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Detective
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lawbreaker
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank president
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cop
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kid
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mother
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Sergeant
+|-
+{{CastBottom}}
 ==Organizations==
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 ==Production==
 ===Development===
+===Filming===
+==Music==
+* 0:00 - Main title theme ([[Ted Nichols]])
-==Music==
+==Release==
+Dates are in order of release:
+* United States: September 24, 1966 on NBC
 ==Behind the scenes==
@@ Line 64: / Line 95: @@
 ==Home availability==
-*
+* In the United States:
+** [[November 3]], [[2015]]: [[Warner Archive Collection]] releases ''[[The Secret Squirrel Show: The Complete Series]]'' on DVD.
 ==References==
 <references/>
+[[Category:1966]]
 [[Category:Episodes]]
+[[Category:Hanna-Barbera]]
+[[Category:NBC]]
+[[Category:Squiddly Diddly episodes]]
+[[Category:Squiddly Diddly]]
+[[Category:The Secret Squirrel Show]]
+[[Category:Written by Dalton Sandifer]]
+[[Category:Written by Tony Benedict]]